Jisho

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3 strokes
Radical:
child, seed
Parts:
child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Kun:
-こ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
  • 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
  • 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
  • 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
  • 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
  • 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
  • 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
  • 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
  • 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs

Kun reading compounds

  • 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
  • 子 【こう】 child, interest
  • 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
  • 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
  • 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
  • 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
  • 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
  • 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zi3, zi2, zi5
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • chiquillo
  • niño

Portuguese

  • criança

French

  • enfant
  • signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
  • signe du Rat (zodiaque)
  • 23 h à 01 h
  • Nord (0°)
31 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
40 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
25 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
56 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1264 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
61 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
43 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
38 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
103 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
103 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
69 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
455 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4196 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2125 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2872 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
96 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6930 Morohashi
3390 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1281 New Nelson (John Haig)
95 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
99 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
42 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
18 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3547 2001 Kanji
2c0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
4-2-1 SKIP code
1740.7 Four corner code
1-27-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b50 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
anxiety, trouble, worry, pain, ill, annoy, nuisance, irksome
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2081 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 煩 【ハン】 trouble
  • 煩雑 【ハンザツ】 complex, intricate, complicated, confused, troublesome, vexatious, cumbersome
  • 煩悩 【ボンノウ】 worldly desires, evil passions, appetites of the flesh, klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
  • 煩悩具足 【ボンノウグソク】 possessing worldly desires and passions

Kun reading compounds

  • 患う 【わずらう】 to be ill, to suffer from, to worry about, to be concerned about, to have trouble doing ..., to be unable to ..., to fail to ...
  • 煩わす 【わずらわす】 to trouble, to bother, to annoy, to give trouble
  • 煩がる 【うるさがる】 to feel annoyed at
  • 煩い 【うるさい】 noisy, loud, annoying, troublesome, tiresome, persistent, importunate, fussy, finicky, picky, particular, nagging, fastidious, bossy, shut up, be quiet

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fan2
Korean:
beon

Spanish

  • problema
  • pega
  • preocupación
  • ansiedad
  • molestia
  • enfermedad
  • preocuparse
  • sufrir de
  • molestar
  • enfadar
  • causar problemas

Portuguese

  • ansiedade
  • dificuldade
  • preocupação
  • dor
  • mal
  • aborrecer
  • chateação
  • irritante

French

  • anxiété
  • tourment
  • souci
  • douleur
  • malade
  • ennuyeux
  • nuisance
1717 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1991 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2782 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1859 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1517 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1849 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2005 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1646 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1270 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1295 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
701 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
937 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
165 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19229 Morohashi
1022 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3454 New Nelson (John Haig)
163 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
175 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1646 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1161 2001 Kanji
4d9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-9 SKIP code
9188.6 Four corner code
1-40-49 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7169 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
Variants:
trouble, worry, in pain, distress, illness
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1084 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 悩殺 【ノウサツ】 fascinate, bewitch, enchant
  • 悩乱 【ノウラン】 worry, anguish
  • 懊悩 【オウノウ】 anguish, trouble, agony
  • 煩悶懊悩 【ハンモンオウノウ】 anguish, agony

Kun reading compounds

  • 悩む 【なやむ】 to be worried, to be troubled
  • 悩ます 【なやます】 to afflict, to torment, to harass, to molest
  • 悩ましい 【なやましい】 seductive, carnal, enchanting, troubling, difficult, thorny, hard, anxious, uneasy
  • 悩み 【なやみ】 trouble, troubles, worry, distress, sorrows, anguish, agony, problem
  • 悩み事 【なやみごと】 matter causing distress, something causing worry

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nao3
Korean:
noe

Spanish

  • preocupación
  • pena
  • sufrimiento
  • angustia
  • estar preocupado
  • sentir pena
  • sufrir
  • angustiarse

Portuguese

  • dificuldade
  • preocupação
  • perigo
  • doença

French

  • soucieux
  • ennuis
  • peine
  • détresse
  • maladie
1680 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
992 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1698 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1617 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
541 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1279 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1353 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1110 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
817 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
504 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
313 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
380 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1954 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10716P Morohashi
421 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1867 New Nelson (John Haig)
1935 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2085 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1336 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1175 2001 Kanji
4k7.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
1-1-9 SKIP code
9207.2 Four corner code
9907.2 Four corner code
1-39-26 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
60a9 Unicode hex code